Queens of the Stone Age - The lost Art of Keeping a Secret from the album: Rated R ************** * ^ - strech * * X - block * ************** The song goes in this order: -inro -1st verse -1st chorus -2nd verse -2nd chorus -bridge -solo -3rd chorus -ending ______________________________________ | NOTE: Like all Q.O.T.S.A songs this | | one too is tuned two tones down | | (from C), However the tabs I write | | are for more convenient use and | | they are tuned regulary (from E) so | | you won't have to retune your guitar | | every time. | |______________________________________| _____________________________________________________________________________________ intro and verses: C5 G5 F#5 F5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------6^8-6-4----- 5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------------------------------------5--- 5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3------------- 3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3------------- ----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1------------- *intro: play twice verses: 1st verse- play 3 times (play the little riff in the end only in the 2nd time) 2st verse- play 4 times (play the little riff in the end only in the 1st time and in the 2nd time) ____________________ chorus: chorus A- C5 G5 F#5 Eb5 F5 G5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------------------8-8-8-8-8-10-10-12-- 5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-12-- 3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-8--8--10-- ----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------------- chorus B- C5 F#5 Eb5 D5 C#5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6--- 5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6--- 3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4--- ----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------------------------------- *1st chorus- chorus A , chorus A 2nd chorus- chorus A , chorus A , chorus B , chorus A 3rd chorus- chorus A , chorus A , chorus B , chorus B ____________________ bridge: F#5 G#5 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- 4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6- 4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6- 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4- C5 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- 5X-5X-5X-5X-5X-5X-5X-5X-5X-5X-5X-5X-5X-5X-5X-------------------- 5X-5X-5X-5X-5X-5X-5X-5X-5X-5X-5X-5X-5X-5X-5X-------------------- 3X-3X-3X-3X-3X-3X-3X-3X-3X-3X-3X-3X-3X-3X-3X-------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- F#5 G#5 C5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ 4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5- 4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5- 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3- ____________________ solo: backround guitar- C5 G5 F#5 F5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------------------------------------- 5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----- 3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----- ----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----- *play twice lead guitar- (C5) (G5) (F#5) (F5) (C5) (G5) (F#5) (F5) ----8-----11-9---------8-----11-9---------8-----11----14----14----14-------- 7-8-11^13----12^14-7-8-11^13----12^14-7-8-11^13-14^16-17^19-17^19-17^19----- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ____________________ ending: C5 Eb5 F5 G5 ----------------------- ----------------------- 5-5-5-5-5-8----10--12-- 5-5-5-5-5-8----10--12-- 3-3-3-3-3-6----8---10-- ----------------------- *play 4 times and then C5 _____________________________________________________________________________________ Queens of the Stone Age The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret Rated R ***Tabbed by Daniel Shemer (dsh)*** _____________________________________________________________________________________